What was the tile of Thomas Hobbes's defense of absolute sovereignty based on a theory of social contract ?
Correct answer: C. Leviathan
- A. The Litany in a Time of Plague
- B. Utopia
- C. Leviathan
- D. The Advancement of Learning
Explanation
Leviathan (1651) defends a powerful sovereign as necessary to prevent disorder after people enter a social contract. Utopia concerns an imagined commonwealth, while The Advancement of Learning is Bacon's work.
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